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Patent GB-190314394-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Back Pedalling Band Brake and Clutch for Cycles and the like
Inventor: HUDSON JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 14,394. Hudson, J. W. June 29. Brakes; clutches.-Relates to a band brake and clutch for cycles and the like. A sleeve E carries cones G, G<1>, which, with cones H, H', form bearings for the hub I. A ratchet-ring W is prevented from turning relatively to the chain - ring L, working with the free-wheel clutch K, by projections N', N<2>, N<3>, and is secured by a ring P. When the ring L is moved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, by back-pedalling, the ring W, by engaging a pawl on a plate C attached to the sleeve E, moves this sleeve and the arm Q, thus tightening the brake band on a drum J on the hub. The arm Q is attached to the sleeve by a plate S, fitting into a slot in the sleeve and the split end of the arm and secured by a screw. The link T on the brake band is free to turn on a bolt fastening it to the arm Q, and has a lug sliding on a wire carrying a spiral spring, by which the brake is released when the pressure is removed from the pedal. The brake stay is slotted to take a projection on the brake band at Z, and is fastened to the cycle frame by a clip at its other end and by a shouldered collar U locked to the frame by the step X. The brake may also be applied by jointed rods or a wire, attached to the arm Q and actuated from the handle-bar.
Patent GB-190315594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 15,594. Bloxam, A. G., [Oppenheimer, A. W.]. July 14. Pistons.-The piston a of an internal-combustion engine is a formed with a hollow face b to facilitate the mixture of the fuel with the air. The piston may carry a spraying-pin c against which the fuel impinges.
Patent GB-190320409-A (GB)
Title: Ropeway for Raising Dump Heaps.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1903-09-22
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 20,409. Hearson, T. A., [Bleichert & Co., A.]. Sept. 22. Rope railways.-Consists of a rope-way for raising dump heaps, capable of extension as the dump heap rises. Fig. 3 shows an elevation and Fig. 4 a crosssection at the dumping point. The rope-way is mounted in an inclined bridge or frame resting on the slope of the dump heap, and so constructed that, on the heap becoming too high to allow of further dumping, an extension can be added to, and supported by, the bridge, to raise the dumping point. Within the frame are carried rails on which run trolleys connected to an endless rope, and carrying tip-buckets. The upper sheave a and the curved rail segment g above it are mounted in a frame carried on rails d, so that, when a new section has been added to the bridge, the sheave a is readily shifted into its new position. The direction or inclination of the bridge is altered at any point by the insertion of an angle-piece and guide-sheaves. The buckets are held in their loaded positions by means of catch-levers l, which, on the buckets reaching the dumping point, are disengaged by contact with a projection k.
Patent GB-190321376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Transmitting Gears.
Inventor: HOWE FRANK DENNIS
Filed: 1903-10-05
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 21,376. Howe, F. D. Oct. 5. Motor road vehicles.-Gearing specially applicable to motor cars and cycles. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the driving-shaft i may be in two lengths connected by a universal or other joint. A pinion j is rigidly connected to the end of the shaft i, and is recessed at k to fit the squared end l of the driven member c. Cast integral with the shaft c are the two internal gears a, b. The pinion f is brought into engagement with the gears a, b by the following means:- A carrier f, free to rotate about a pin m, is held loosely by the parts d, h and the flange g. A fork n,connected to the rod m, rigidly grips the sleeve o. The pin m, when moved longitudinally in its bearing and rotated at the same time, brings the pinion into engagement with the gears a, b. To ensure that the engagement is exact, a curved track r is formed on the inside of the ring h, and a lug x on the sleeve o works along this track. Notches s<1>, s<2>, s<3> are made on this track, at such points that the pinion is either working with the gears or directly with the driven shaft when the lug x is in one of them. Another spindle u and gear-wheel t are provided, to be pushed up into position to engage with the pinion j and the gear b for reversing. A further notch s' is provided on the track r to obtain the correct position of the pinion j. In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the driven shaft C has an external gear T and an internal gear A. The driving-shaft is mounted in the hub F<1> fixed to the plate F, which slides in guides on the part D. Pivoted on brackets Q on the hub F' is a lever M with a toothed sector O<1>. working in a rack on the sleeve 0, which can slide with the shaft longitudinally within the hub F<1>. The lever also serves to move the plate F laterally in the guides H. A curved track R with notches S<1>, S<2> guides the pinion into position to engage with the internal gear to drive forwards and with the external gear to reverse.
Patent GB-190408233-A (GB)
Title: A Material for Saponifying Fats and Oils and a Method for Obtaining it.
Inventor: NICLOUX MAURICE
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 8233. Nicloux, M. Oct. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Fatty acids; glycerine.-A ferment, stated to have the property of causing the saponification of fats and oils when used in the presence of a small quantity of an acid, is obtained from castor-oil seed, or castor-oil cake, or other oil seeds. The seed is crushed, triturated with castor oil, and filtered ; the residue may be treated again. The turbid oil obtained is subjected to centrifugal. action and the clear oil separated. The matter at the bottom consists of two layers, the lower consisting mainly of aleurone grains, and the upper containing the active matter.
Patent GB-190409775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Pile Fabric
Inventor: HARTLEY WILLIAM GREENWOOD
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 9775. Hartley, W. G. April 28. Looms, pile-forming in; warp tension, regulating. -In a loom for weaving velvet, plush, and other pile fabrics, the pile loops are formed by passing the pile threads G up and down on alternate aides of longitudinal wires C, which are supported at their rear ends by a rod c, the other ends resting on the woven fabric. Each pile warp G passes from a bobbin H, over a tension bar g, and through an eye e in the middle of a flexible cord, wire, or leather looper, which has its ends secured to the lower sides of frames D, D'. Each looper is drawn over a protecting-finger on one of the wires C as the frames D, D' are moved np and down, so that the pile warp is transferred alternately from one side of the wire C to the other side, and is bound in by the weft. Each of the frames D, D' is operated by two jack levers of a dobby. The ends of a doubled cord are attached to the top arms of the jack levers, and the bight of the cord engages a pulley on the end of a strap connected to the top of one of the frames D, D'. The bottom arms of the jack levers are similarly connected to the bottom of one of the frames. When one jack is up and the other down, the corresponding frame is in its middle position, and, when both jacks are up or down, the frame is in corresponding positions. By suitably pegging the links of the dobby chain, the pile threads may be held up or down any number of picks, making spaces between the loops, or causing the pile threads to lie at the back of the fabric, or the threads may be raised and lowered on the same sides of the wires, thus forming a plain weave.
Patent GB-190410059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mixing Machines.
Inventor: RANSOME ERNEST LESLIE
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,059. Ransome, E. L. May 2. Moving - container apparatus. - In a mixing- machine, suitable for mixing the materials for making concrete, a hollow drum 5 has attached within it two concentric helical baffles 9, 10, inclined in opposite directions. One end of the drum has a head 6 with an opening 8 ; the other is quite open. The drum has external tracks 11 engaging with carrying rollers, and is rotated from the handle 23 through the bevel gearing 19, 20, 21, shaft 17, and toothed wheels 16, 15. The bevelwheels 20, 21 are loose on the shaft 22, and one or other is made fast by the clutch 24, thus driving the machine in either direction.
Patent GB-190412899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Point and Signal Apparatus and the like.
Filed: 1904-06-07
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,899. Dutton, C., Edmonds, C. H. W., and McKenzie & Holland. June 7. Semaphore and similar outdoor signals; safety and locking bars; interlocking'; indicators and repeators, point or switch and signal.-A means for locking railway points and interlocking with signals is shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The usual locking-bar 9, Fig.1, which is controlled from the signal-box through a lever 17, has linked to it two plungers 3, 4 which work in guides underneath the split stretcherbar and have projections on their upper surfaces alternately engaging notches in the stretcher-bar and thus locking the points in either position. Each plunger, in the locking position, connects one of the pairs of contacts 11, 12 in the electric circuits shown by means of an insulated contactpiece at its end. The remaining break in the circuit is closed by actuating the catch-rod of the lever A', Fig. 4, which compresses the spring 25, thus causing the insulated contact on the end of the rod 28 to engage two springs 31 and complete the circuit. Completing the circuit energizes the solenoid 33, which attracts a pivoted armature and withdraws the locking-bar forming part of the armature from a notch in the rod 39, thus enabling the signal to be lowered. The same movement operates the rod 44, pivoted to the armature, and this rod works an indicator showing the circuit to be complete and proving the points to be locked. In one modification, a T-shaped lever carrying contacts and actuated by the motion of the stretcherbar is employed to complete the circuit, while, in another modification, the contacts and springs are rearranged to make the apparatus suitable for use with the electro-pneumatic system of signalling.
Patent GB-190414285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Combined Clock and Recording Apparatus for Speed, Revolution and like Indicators.
Inventor: ROCK JAMES PARTHENAY
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,285. Rock, J. P. June 25. Speed indicators, combined with clocks. A record is traced on a disc c, driven by the clock, by a stylus d carried by a rod e, which is geared to the shaft h of the pointer (not shown) of the speed indicator a. The rod e is in two parts, hinged at r and connected by a spring p, pivoted at q. In placing a fresh disc in position, the spring p is turned on its pivot, the stylus lifted, and the disc pressed on pins projecting from a collar on the hour arbor w, a knob x being placed over it. To the knob x is frictionally connected a hand y moving over a clock dial z. If preferred, the dial may be movable and the hand stationary. The arbor w is preferably hollow so as to contain the winding-spindle3 of the clock. The disc is marked with lines denoting the time and the speed, and is placed in position corresponding to the time, with the help of an index on a block which serves to support the disc under the stylus. The casings 4, 5 are secured together or made integral. The apparatus is especially adapted for use with motor and other road vehicles.
Patent GB-190414329-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Magazine Attachments or Charging Packets for Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: SCOTT NEWTON LIVINGSTONE
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 14,329. Scott, N. L. June 25. Change-boxes; plate and like boxes and receptacles. -Magazine attachments or charging - packets of films or plates, in which an exposed film or plate is transferred by tabs or similar devices from the front to the back of the packet, are provided with an opening at the back to enable exposed films or plates to be removed as required. The Figure shows the back of such a magazine attachment. The exposed films are pulled by the tabs c around a roller at the bottom of the packet from the front b to the back, and the tabs may then be torn off. The flap d is hinged to the back a, and the joint is made light-tight by the flap being padded and spring-pressed, or in any other known way. The film f is shown being withdrawn from the packet. The flap d may comprise part or the whole of the back of the magazine, and may have hinged, sliding, or any other attachment.
Patent GB-190500375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dusting and Sweeping Apparatus.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1905-01-07
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 375. Harvey, C. J. Jan. 7. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-Apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 129, A.D. 1900, is rendered more efficient for carpet-sweeping, and also made suitable for dusting furniture, upholstery, &c. A suction nozzle a, which may be furnished with brushes a<3>, is formed preferably by cutting away the underside of a block supported on wheels at its rear end. An air pump or exhauster, which is connected to the nozzle by a flexible tube i, is mounted on a telescopic frame e pivoted at f to the block ; the pump comprises one cylinder sliding over another, the movable cylinder being operated by pushing down handles e<1> against the action of retracting-springs n which effect the return stroke. A dust-collector with a hanging-bag filter, such as is described in Specification No. 11,842, A D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], is fitted within the exhauster. In sweeping carpets, the frame e is released from a spring catch g and turned into the inclined position shown by dotted lines, the connexion between the parts e, a being such that on operation of the pump the apparatus is propelled forwards, while the nozzle is pressed against the dust-laden surface. A spring brake may be provided for preventing the apparatus from being propelled without the pump being worked. A separate suction nozzle is attached to the tube i when cleaning furniture &c. The handles may be locked in their lowest position by a catch o passing round the head of one of the bolts h<1> securing the fixed cylinder. The exhauster described produces an intermittent suction ; a continuous suction may be produced by inserting in the passage connecting the nozzle and the exhauster a collapsible bellows and the like having a choked inlet, or by providing side-by-side exhausters operated by a two or three throw crank. A rotary type of exhauster, such as is described in Specification No. 5570, A.D. 1903, may be used, and the nozzle may be provided with means, such as is described in Specification No. 9305, A.D. 1897, for raising and collecting crumbs and similar particles.
Patent GB-190501616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Ironing Linen and the like.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1905-01-27
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 1616. Longsdon, H. C., and Bottomley, J. R. Jan. 27. Ironing-machines.-In ironing-machines in which a table reciprocates in contact with the ironing- roll, resiliency is obtained by a special construction of table. As shown in Fig. 1, the table is formed of two parts a, a, of which the lower rests upon, and is reciprocated by the oscillating roller k in the usual manner. This part runs in guides c on the frame, and is furnished with protecting-shoes d, Fig. 3, The upper part a<1> of the table is supported upon the lower part by springs b, which may be adjusted by screwed nipples f. Adjusting- bolts h limit the relative movements of the two parts.
Patent GB-190504084-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus to Operate Automatically upon a Brake and Stop a Locomotive or Train when Passing a Danger Signal
Inventor: DAVID EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1906-03-27
Abstract: 4084. David, E. T., and Lewis, D. Feb. 27. Locomotives.-The stop-valve and the valves for the brake and whistle are operated by the movement of a lever E which is released by the cooperation of a rod A, K on the engine with a pivoted lever c on the track. A slip connexion is used to allow the track obstacle to fall independently of the semaphore when a train passes it. The lever c, when raised, engages the bar h and lifts the members k, A, to the latter of which are fixed blocks B, D. The bar E is pivoted approximately horizontal and is held up by the piece C. The upward movement of the blocks B, D causes the piece C to be pushed away and allows the bar E to fall. The valves operating the handles are linked by pin-and-slot joints to the bar E, and are moved to shut off steam from the cylinders, operate the brakes, and sound the whistle. The track lever c is connected by a link b to a second lever a, which is engaged by the lever h and moves the levers a, c below the track level. The levers a, c are raised in conjunction with the semaphore signal by a pin o on a crank on the shaft d engaging in a slot in a rod r which is reciprocated by the signal lever. The rod is moved until the tooth q in the slot engages the pin o, and is then pushed to the right of the Figure, carrying the crank-pin o with it until the pin p lifts the rod so as to disengage the tooth q from the pin o, leaving the crank free to be replaced by the passing train.
Patent GB-190509289-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cash-plate.
Inventor: HEIMLICH AUGUST
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 9289. Heimlich, A. May 3. Coin-handling and like appliances. -The payboard c, held in a horizontal position by a spring b, is at. tached to the fooi a of the cash-plate, so that it can be tilted about a horizontal axis to slide off the contained coins. A removable advertisement may be inserted through a slit d and under the glass plate e which fits in the grooves of the ledges c<1>. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2849, A.D. 1884, No. 19,353, A.D. 1889, No. 4736, A.D. 1893, No. 7597, A.D. 1899, and No. 1145, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190512499-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Making Frames for Pictures & Photographs.
Inventor: HARMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-16
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 12,499. Harman, W. June 16. Picture frames.-Picture, photograph, and like frames are made by cementing together several veneerings of wood, preferably oak. The frame is then cut to the required size and form, and is decorated by sketching a design on the wood and incising it, or by engraving, carving, or imitation marquetry. The design is shaded by means of alternate slight and deep cuts, and may be gilded or coloured. The frame may be stained, polished, or otherwise treated.
Patent GB-190524318-A (GB)
Title: A Lubricating Oil and Process for Obtaining same.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-12-24
Abstract: 24,318. Oppenheimer, L. M., Boatman, T., and Kent, T. O. Nov. 24. Lubricating-oils ; tar oils. - A petroleum lubricating-oil is obtained from water-gas tar. In the process described in Specification No. 4271, A.D. 1904, after the spirituous fluid has been distilled over, a yellow oily distillate begins to appear. By arresting the distillation when a certain portion only of this yellow compound has been removed, a lubricating oil of the desired viscosity and flash point is left in the still. The oil may be purified by the usual means.
Patent GB-190526991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Frames.
Inventor: MCKEEN WILLIAM RILEY
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 26,991. McKeen, W. R. Dec. 27. Bodies; underframing of bodies.-To bring the steps of car doors close to the ground without cutting the body sills or necessitating the use of low-hung frames, the sills are deflected downwards at the entrances. The sill 1 is bent downwardly at the part 4 and carries an integral or separate bracing-member 5, which is joined to the upper longitudinal 2 by a plate 9, and to the sill by the door-posts 11. The " split " sill so obtained is further stiffened by angular braces 12, which are riveted to the uprights 11 ; gussets 7 may be employed at the points of bifurcation.
Patent GB-190600470-A (GB)
Title: Oar with Swivelling Blade
Inventor: SCHRADER MAX
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1907-02-08
Abstract: 470. Sohrader, M. Jan. 8. Oars.-The blade f is mounted on the loom b so that, when out of the water, it is automatically set in a horizontal position by gliding along its surface. A slot h acting in conjunction with the pin i limits the movement of the blade f. Springs are fitted to set the blade vertical when in the water, or, in place of springs, one side of the blade may. be weighted. The above construction is stated to be specially applicable to jointed oars, the parts a, b of which are pivoted to a bar d mounted in bearings on the gunwale of the boat and connected together by a link c, so that the rower may face in the same direction as the boat is travelling. A modification is described in which the swivelling joint is fitted inside of the junction of the link c with the loom b. In this case, the joint between the loom band the link c is a ball-and-socket joint. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1904, to Specification No. 871, A.D. 1881, No. 4022, A.D. 1882, No. 5518, A.D. 1883, No. 15,097, A.D. 1897, and No. 7179, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190602127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adding Machines
Inventor: JENNINGS ANDREW RAWSON
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 2127. Jennings, A. R. Jan. 27. Typewriters &c.-In a multiple-bank, segmentset, lever - operated, printing adding - machine, which may be arranged for monetary values, improvements are described avoiding the use of gear-wheels in connexion with : (1) the setting- segments, which also carry the printing - types and are depressed by the fingers while out of engagement with the counting-wheels ; upon ope ration of the external handle to trip the printing- hammers, detents in gear with counting-wheels which do not carry numerals are displaced and the returning spring-impelled segments actuate them according to the numbers set ; (2) the detents ensuring engagement of the actuating-pawls on the segments with the counting-wheels upon the return of the former ; and (3) the avoidance of zeroes to the left in printing. Figs. 1 and 1<A> show the left and right halves of the machine, which has the setting and type segments o, d and the counting-wheels c all loose upon the main shaft 35, with an actuating pawl b upon the segment of each denomination. (1) To set an item, the proper finger plate a of the nine upon each segment is 'pulled down as far as possible, and upon operation of: the handle g forwards under the control of a full-stroke device, the arms q, 9 and pin 16 co-operate to rock and release the hammer spindle 10 and print the item ; feeding motion for the paper feed-roll 41 and the inking-ribbon roll 43 is also supplied from this spindle. The roller 20 then forces back the arm r carrying the counting-wheel detent bar f, and the pawls b, which have slipped over the teeth of the counting-wheels during setting, actuate the wheels upwards as the segments are moved to normal position by springs 21. (2) The actuating-pawls are kept in gear during this stroke by a yoke x<1>, which is pivoted at x and brought close to the pawls at the proper time by a movement of the arm 40 and cord 39 derived from the handle. (3) The zero types are upon detached carriers d' which are displaced away from the main carriers d and out of the printing line by a transverse slide n, introduced at the extreme left by handle-operated link-work, and advanced to the right until arrested. by the first set segment. The calculating-parts include transfer mechanism depending upon additional movement of the segments, total-printing means, whereby the type segments are set in accordance with the total upon the counting-wheels, and zeroizing-arrangements.